neuroepithelium - epithelium associated with special sense organs and containing sensory nerve endings

sense organ, sensory receptor, receptor - an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation

auditory apparatus - all of the components of the organ of hearing including the outer and middle and inner ears

membranous labyrinth - the sensory structures of the inner ear including the labyrinthine receptors and the cochlea; contained within the bony labyrinth

bony labyrinth, osseous labyrinth - cavity in the petrous part of the temporal bone that contains the membranous labyrinth

endolymph - the bodily fluid that fills the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear

perilymph - the bodily fluid that fills the space between the bony labyrinth and the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear

semicircular canal - one of three tube loops filled with fluid and in planes nearly at right angles with one another; concerned with equilibrium

cochlea - the snail-shaped tube (in the inner ear coiled around the modiolus) where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses by the Organ of Corti

artery of the labyrinth, internal auditory artery, labyrinthine artery - a branch of the basilar artery that supplies the labyrinth

internal auditory vein, labyrinthine vein - veins that drain the inner ear